All this talk of the Europa is pointless as we'll beat psv and Inter at home and then them two will draw with each other sending us through in second.
*our win at home to Inter will be in a manner that gives us the head to head edge and just as an fyi we'll draw in the nou camp against an unmotivated and messi-less Barcelona.
Just quickly on the europa, if we do drop into it we will be giving it a proper go, regardless of whether we think we should or not.
Poch would never write off a competition and looking at the money The Anal got from reaching the semi, it is not too disimilar to what we got for reaching the CL last 16. So with the money helping after a big outlay on the stadium, we can also imagine Levy's thoughts on it.
I cannot see us winning it though and would predict at best we would reach the semi, which is why I still hope we can turn it around in the CL, where we would then imo likely go out in the last 16, as we'd draw a giant with the second leg away - although not completely beyond us if we have our best side out.
And all that is because amongst other reasons it would be less detrimental to our league form, even if we can be clever early on in the Europa and use our underrated squad.
One big advantage we have on The Anal as it stands is when they go knee deep into the Europa and have to manage semi hard away games at the likes of Watford, wham and Leicester.
That advantage goes if we drop into it too as we won't be writing it off and shouldn't too (even if in the latter stages it's detrimental to our league form) as we need the money it generates.
So we really need a miracle in the CL, because if we drop into the Europa we lose our big advantage in the race for the top 4.
To me it's looking like it's either CL last 16 and 4th in the PL or EL semi and 5th in the PL. And we can't write off the EL should we drop into it as we need the money.
